Garrett County Celtic Festival & Highland Games

Start: Saturday, June 7, 2025 9:45AM
End: Saturday, June 7, 2025 5:00PM

The Garrett County Celtic Festival and Highland Games celebrates Celtic influence in Appalachia through all-day music, dance, art, and education at a beautiful riverside park in Friendsville MD. Featured performers include local favorite Aurora Celtic, Clann Redmond family group from York PA, and, returning by popular demand, internationally acclaimed Seán Heely Celtic Band from Washington DC. Teelin School of Irish Dance from Columbia MD and West Virginia Highland Dancers from Elkins WV are also highlighted among many other performers across multiple stages. Highland games organized by Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics take place on the village green, with a noontime pause for a parade, showcasing local host band Garrett Highlands Pipes & Drums. Visitors experience Celtic culture hands-on through interactive workshops from wheat weaving and jewelry making, to waulking and Irish dance, and even Asturian scything demonstrations. Wee bairns have their own area to explore at the Rainbow’s End, with imaginative play, crafts, and a diminutive version of the highland games. Children 12 and under have free entrance to the whole festival and teens are discounted. Friendsville is located off of Interstate 68, convenient for visitors from Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, with Deep Creek Lake resort area only 15 minutes away for a full weekend of family fun. . All activities and free parking are included in admission. Tickets are on sale now at gccelticfestival.com. - Free parking on site nearby - Tour bus accessible - Handicapped accessible and parking - Indoor and outdoor venues - Rain or Shine! Plenty of cover and seating. Bring the family!